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In exactly a year today my best friend will be walking down the isle. SO excited for this day :)

Gosh I love this girl...

Don't be afraid to trust an unknown future with a known God.

one year (and a bit)

Woah, without even realizing I've reached my one year blogging mile stone! How the heck did that happen?! Time, where have you gone?!

patience...

Aby

The other day was my day off (well, one of my many days off at the moment!) and I was sat in the sitting room reading my book. During the days you always get those crappy phone calls right!? You know, those ones where you answer the phone and there is a 5 second delay at the other end before someone says 'hello, I'm calling from so and so and am ringing to let you know that you are entitled to £100000 in from the government...blah blah blah....'. So anyways, there I was reading away about the hunger games and the phone rings, and as soon as I answer I'm thinking, oh here we go, another sales call...

Well, I guess in some respects it was a sales call, but this one was a charity one. The lady on the phone was telling me about the injustice in the world. About children who are growing up in countries where there is no formal education, where there are serious lacks in the medical fields, where there sometimes isn't access to clean water. And I was like, dang, I'm so lucky to live in a country like England.

So I'd like to introduce you to Aby Lo, the 3 year old girl I'm sponsoring from Mpal, Senegal. It's through a charity called Plan (http://www.plan-uk.org/) who work with the local communities in various parts on the world to improve childrens health and education. They help communities prepare for natural disasters, and support them after they happen. They empower children to make decisions that will aid them in their future. They help enables families to develop a livelihood through things such as agricultural training.

More than just sending money to help Aby and her family along, I get to write to her and more importantly pray for her. We really are blessed in our developed countries aren't we?! But most of the time we don't ever realize it. I mean, since getting back from Germany I've kind of complained a lot. Not always out loud to people, but I've complained away to myself and to God. About my lack of job, about my lack of money, about how I don't get to see my friends as much as I'd like...complain complain complain. How selfish am I?! Here I am with a very comfy bed, with a roof over my head, with food and water, with part time work and some other job opportunities. Yet I complain away without even thinking about how fortunate I really am.

We soon forget don't we how blessed we are. Why should I complain when so many of God's children are in 3rd world countries and may not even know where there next meal will come from, or have no health care. Or children who are being persecuted for the gospel, or who have parents who are.

And so I'm going to try to complain less, and start praying for Aby!

hello sunshine

Sunglasses, shades, iced drinks, salads, books, flip flops, shorts, strappy tops, suncream, BBQs, sun kissed skin....

I can smell summer in the air. Finally.

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May the odds be ever in your favour.


Thank you Suzanne Collins for that epic read.

Made in...yep, Chelsea!

Is it bad that I'm getting addicted to, no wait...I AM addicted to Made in Chelsea?! 

Ummm, probs, but you know what, I'm going to continue to feed this addiction.

Don't judge me.

Thank You Mr Postman

I swear I used to be a tidy person. But now, look at my room. It's an absolute pig-sty. And I've taken my 'to-do list' obsession to the next level and created myself a 'cleaning room plan of action' haha. As you can tell, I've got a long way so far. Not. But now I'm caffeinated, have Colbie Caillat in the background, and by the end of the day, this room WILL be clean. 

On another note, this morning I received not one, not two but three pieces of mail. One was a birthday card off the people who have their holiday house opposite us which was really sweet of them. One was off one of my amazing house mates from uni. She sent me a package of goodies for my birthday, bless her. And the final was an international letter from Canada which included a photograph of our fondue club. I miss these guys...

book worm...?!

Very soon this will be me. And I'm very excited.

Project Office Update:

Desk cleared...check.

Carpet visible...check.

Paper shelves organised...check.

2006 calender taken down...check.

Old junk rid of...working progress.